Wolpers v. City of Spokane
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Clifford, J., entered March 15, 1911, dismissing an action in tort, upon, sustaining objections to the introduction of any evidence.
1Opinion of the CourtEllis, J.
Action by the appellant against the respondent for damages because of personal injuries sustained by the appellant while in the employ of the city as a carpenter. It is alleged that, while he was at work upon a false arch which the city had erected as a form for a concrete arch of a bridge which was in process of construction across the Spokane river, at Monroe street, in Spokane, the false arch collapsed and fell, precipitating the appellant upon the rocks in the river below, permanently injuring him. The negligence alleged was carelessness in the construction of the false arch, failure *634to…
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